Fad Diet's Don't Work! Lifestyle Changes Does.

There is a public fascination with fad diets and the simple reason for this is that people want to lose weight fast and with minimal effort. Most people want to lose a little weight at least but many lack the willpower to even try to diet properly, do exercise and in some cases can’t even bring themselves to take on a ‘fad’ diet.

There is a vast array of ‘fad’ diets currently making the rounds, especially diets linked to celebrity’s – often used to slim down for a particular roll in a film when a deadline for filming needs to be adhered to. The fact that these ‘fad’ diets are used by celebrities immediately gets the public’s attention and gives the ‘fad’ diets an air of validity, but is this really the case?

The case of the ‘fad’ diet is a lot like the exercise regimes some actors use to gain a certain physique for a specific film role. For example take the film ‘300’ starring Gerard Butler, it is well known that the actors adhered to a brutal training regime to gain their amazing physiques however the training regime used is not recommended for long term use and was only used short term for the film role because it would literally cripple the actors if used long term. The same is true of ‘fad’ diets, some do work with great effects however they are short term and a lot are very bad for your health. It’s also worth noting that because the weight is burnt off quickly it is very easy to put the weight back on.

So, do Fad Diets actually work?

The short answer is that yes some do work and some don’t. The main issue is if the ‘fad’ diet works you need to take into account the health issues that using these unique ways to lose weight will inflict on your body. Any celebrity will say, in the case of both brutal exercise and ‘fad’ diets used for film roles that these methods should not be used for general weight loss because of the health implications, these actors and actresses will not use these methods when getting in shape normally, they will use healthy options that are good for the body and in case of weight loss it’s a fairly slow process if you want to actually keep the weight off afterwards.